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I'm a dry caver, vertical caver, and cave diver. I had enough spare parts to make a whole new carbide generator, and I'm pretty handy in the shop, so I made an old-fashioned carbide cave diving light. I specially modified the generator body and reflector head for cave diving. I made a custom...

I've been rec diving ScubaPro Go-Sports for a couple of years, been around the world with them. I find them to be okay for warm water single tank diving. They're floppy in stiff current (Maldives, Indonesia) and I waste a lot of energy in the back kick. I would welcome a stiffer version of the...

I am sad. My wife and I, and many of our friends, have stayed at SCC at least 20 times in 20 years.

Two of my friends tried to book with SCC in early and late October. Both were told SCC is shutting down at the end of this month.

Scuba Club Cozumel is closing at the end of the month

They're dash 110s

That's the most ridiculous thing I've read on this scuba forum. My experiences with GUE proves they have a bad attitude with no quality control, all the way to the top of the organization.

Nothing wrong with the "DIR" philosophy. It should be the industry standard. "DIR-minded" divers are typically safer, more skilled, and more reliable divers than the typical divers who were trained by the big names like PADI. The problem is most definitely the assholish attitude of GUE divers...

Your imagination is 100% correct. It means mucking around on the bottom for the micro critters, searching amongst the diapers, condoms, and huge amounts of other trash that is common on the ocean bottom in these areas. The photos are great but it's so utterly disgusting to "muck" dive in places...

Good question. Since they store everything in their prison wallet, how do the DIR divers retrieve the SMB?

You haven't been paying attention

Wow. Where to begin? I'll just say that I think you have a very flawed understanding of your problem. I would stop trying to diagnose myself and see a licensed physician.

There are DOT requirements for transporting compressed gas cylinders on commercial vehicles. Check with you moving company. It would be best if you could dump the pressure down to 200 p.s.i. and ship them intact. Otherwise the valves will have to be removed. Screw a plastic plug into the...

Actually, I will double-check tonight.

I would love that. The museum of Roman mosaics in Tunis was fantastic. I'd like to see more.

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There was once a time when I safely traveled around North Africa, from Kenya, through Somalia, Egypt, and across to Morocco. Tunisia was my favorite. The beaches in Libya and Egypt in the border area are some of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen. Though I like tropical beaches with...

Too funny! LOL I traveled extensively in that region back 30-40 years ago, as a tourist and combat soldier. A few years ago, I went rock climbing for 3 weeks just east of Aqaba on the Red Sea. I had a Bedouin guide who trained in classic French Alp technique. We lived in Bedouin camps and...

We did a private 11-day LOB in the Banda Sea in Oct 2023. We were with a group of very experienced world divers and dive masters, looking for schools of hammerheads. Every dive was a search for hammerheads. We saw ONE hammerhead in 11 days. ONE.

There are a million reasons why I would never go to this part of the world ever again, even for diving, and this thread isn't inspiring me to change my mind.